Hirondelle (not getting notifications)'s Reviews > Spiderlight

Adrian Tchaikovsky is good at spiders. And endings. And, it seems, narrating books also. 

I have been reading mostly his SF, because that is my drug of choice, but even at his publishing rate, I am running out of his SF; hence I am starting to read his fantasy. Some friends loved this; it was just coming out on audiobook narrated by the author himself, so here we are. 

By the way, while he is very good at narrating, I would have preferred it in print, not because of narration flaws but because I think this type of story would have worked better for me in print. There were a lot of POV changes, which is always something that puts me off in audiobooks. 

Relatively short (his range is also wide at length of stories...), a quest kind of fantasy, kind of, with a spider joining the quest. A lot here on religion and good and evil, and that theme and even the kind of humor reminded me so much of Terry Pratchett and even Douglas Adams (plus mandatory Tolkien, obviously, but that has seeped profoundly into any quest story it is practically unavoidable...). Also really good at portraying the women POVs and being the object of unwanted desire. 

As usual, I do not know how to rate this, it's very good and I can't actually point anything I think is a flaw, but at the same time, it did not hit me with the full power of a full fledged 5 star book. I need to think a bit more, but as always, my ratings are erratic and often just a matter of "feel.".